support for a dynamic estimation setup and derive statements regarding the homogeneity assumption with respect to the three … most prominent explanatory variables in the literature: the capital-output ratio, total factor productivity and trade …

industry diversity. Moreover, labour productivity is positively linked to global sourcing. The findings support arguments for … the importance of the Internet for global trade and they confirm the productivity advantage of importing in comparison to …

I study the causal effect of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) on the productivity of German …. This approach allows for an endogenous dynamic productivity process and corrects for simultaneous changes in input use or … productivity after a firm is regulated by the EU ETS. After estimating the firm specific productivity, I employ a difference …

a Melitz (2003) type productivity term to differentiate firms by the extent of exposure to the demand shock. The idea is … that the effects of the demand shock should be driven by differences in firm-level productivity from the period before the … initial establishment productivity with employment changes over a long panel from 1995 to 2009. The estimates show that the …

Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two …

We analyze the productivity effects of environmental (green) investment as well as of environmental expenditures and … investment positively impinges upon production growth as a productivity driver. We thus conclude that environmental regulation … should stimulate investment in order to be compatible with economic goals such as productivity. …